First Look: Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba And Ghost Rider In ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance’
Devindra said it best when writing upGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeanceat Comic Con: “this might not suck.” The beautiful thing about those big Hall H presentations is that you can feel the mood of the room swing positive or negative in real time. The Hall H audience is like a 6000-person-sized elephant, only a bit quicker on its feet, emotionally speaking. As we saw footage of the making of the film, and then some of the final product, you could feel one big, stupid collective grin forming across the giant hall.
So theGhost Ridersequel no one thought they wanted became theGhost Ridersequel to which many of us will be at least willing to offer a chance, thanks to the daredevil direction ofMark NeveldineandBrian Taylorand the fact that the title character vomits bullets and pisses fire. We don’t yet have footage to embed, but in the meantime you’re able to get a first look at the film via scans of images that appeared in the newEmpire.
WillGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeanceactually be good, in a classic sense? Probably not. Will it be fun? Very possibly, and that is more than enough. Thanks toThe Film Stagefor the scans.
Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider (Cage) is hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil (Ciaran Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the kid’s birthday.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeancealso stars Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, and Johnny Whitworth. It opens on February 17th, 2012.
